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Contactless plea from West Midlands Railway

Train company urges customers to ditch cash to fight coronavirus.





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Robin Hood sets sights on Gleneagles glory

Triumph for Solihull golfers.




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Walmley sets sights on Gleneagles glory

Sutton golfers aiming for final appearance.




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The Elston Report: Secret chat group transcripts revealed

Sir Howard Elston, our community affairs editor, lifts the lid on local social media groups.







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The Great Elected Mayor Handicap

News that another well-known local has declared themselves a potential mayoral candidate prompts Dave Woodhall to wonder what the criteria for the job will be.





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Cure Leukaemia runners reveal motivations for Great Birmingham Run

Fundraisers share their own poignant memories.





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Feeling 'Nostalgic' for Tour Life, Maren Morris Releases Live EP

Morris has unveiled a four-song Amazon Live EP, 'Maren Morris Live From Chicago.' Continue reading…




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Little Richard, Genre-Bending Music Pioneer, Dead at 87

His influence spans generations. Continue reading…





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New appointments at Belgrade Theatre

Acclaimed local writer added to theatre board of directors.




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Leading health reporters converge on Coventry for international conference

Health journalists are being urged to join some of the leading writers in their field for a major industry event at Coventry University later this year.




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The final trail reaches its destination

Successful crime thrillers set in Birmingham come to an exciting end.





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Marking VE Day 75 years on

National Military Service Museums to bring nation together in Virtual VE Day Festival.






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Express & Star wins Midlands Newspaper of the Year

Star shining bright at media awards.




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Tories attack Clean Air Zone charge

Conservative group call for travel tax to be delayed following vehicle checking "fiasco".




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Shakespeare images to go on show

Celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday with the Everything to Everybody Project.






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It’s our year pt. 57

Dave Woodhall looks forward to Villa's impending cup glory. It's better than looking at their league form.




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Heart of England Community Foundation beats target

£25 million awarded in 25 years.





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Lockdown exit plan for May 17: Govt may ready negative list of prohibited activities

A negative list will clearly spell out what’s not allowed, allowing other activities to resume.




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Steadview Capital invests Rs 67 crore more in Nykaa

The capital infusion comes at a time when risk capital investment activity has almost ground to a halt because of the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, which, in turn, has forced vertical ecommerce companies such as Nykaa to conserve cash, given the steep plunge in discretionary spending by consumers.




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Restaurants ready to take back control, go digital to serve customers directly

Expressing the sentiments of the industry, the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) said the 'logout' movement cemented the belief that the industry needed to take back control.




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Hiring activity sees decline of 62% in April 2020 compared to April 2019: Naukri JobSpeak

The Naukri JobSpeak is a monthly Index which calculates and records hiring activity based on the job listings on Naukri.com website month on month. The objective is to measure the hiring activities in various industries, cities, functional areas and experience levels.




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Startups like Oyo, Zomato offer more Esops to staff to ease pay cut pain

In April, Zomato initiated a voluntary salary reduction programme, which also offers affected employees’ additional stock in lieu of the cash cut from their pay cheques.




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Retail inflation eased to five-month low in April: Poll

The May 5-7 poll median of more than 40 economists predicted India's annual consumer price inflation fell to 5.68% in April from March's 5.91%, still above the Reserve Bank of India's medium-term target of 4.00%.




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Lockdown exit plan for May 17: Govt may ready negative list of prohibited activities

A negative list will clearly spell out what’s not allowed, allowing other activities to resume.




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Ueberschall launches Multitrack Drum Loop Series Vol. 3: Latin Brasil Beats

Ueberschall has announced the release of Latin Brasil Beats, a new title in the Multitrack Drum Loop Series which provides the authentic vibrance and groove of Latin rhythms. The library is built from 10 GB of sample data and contains more than 3,800 individual loops divided into sixteen performance-based folders. Each folder features multiple parts […]

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UJAM Beatmaker VICE delivers ’80s drums for the 21st century

UJAM has announced the release of its new virtual electronic drum instrument Beatmaker VICE, a plugin that features drum machine samples from the 1980s processed to 21st century sound standard. The instrument allows you to produce nostalgic beats that pack a punch with ready-made patterns and proprietary mix and effect automation. Inspired by some of […]

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Wavesfactory releases Le Parisien virtual accordion library for Kontakt

Wavesfactory has announced the release of an accordion collection of Native Instruments Kontakt. Le Parisien is based on three accordions, with a faithful recreation of the sound and behavior of the real instruments. The library features Rouge, Blanc and Noir accordions, each one of them sampled with all registers, giving different sound characteristics, and mechanical […]

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HighLife Samples releases Trance Vocals Vol 2 by Planet Samples

HighLife Samples has announced the release of a new sample pack by Planet Samples. Trance Vocals Vol. 2 includes 5 vocal construction kits for your next Trance production. The royalty free pack includes dry and wet vocals for each kit, over 20 instruments loops, and 20 MIDI files. For producers looking to simply drag and […]

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Arovane releases Spectral 2 soundset for Xfer Serum synth

Arovane has announced the release of the Spectral 2 soundset, a fresh collection of 64 sounds for the popular Serum wavetable synthesizer by Xfer Records. The pack comes with 35 customized wavetables and 20 samples for the noise oscillator. Available for 19 EUR, Spectral 2 includes: 20 pads. 16 plucks. 13 soundscapes. 6 sweeps. 4 […]

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BOOM Library releases Grip vehicle sound creation plugin

BOOM Library has announced the release of its brand-new software plugin Grip, a collaboration with Pole Position Production. Grip lets you create dynamic and authentic skids, bumps, friction, rolling noises and much more with a variety of wheel configurations, ground materials and perspectives. Load Grip in your DAW of choice and design tyre and chassis […]

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VocalMint Saturator by Audified delivers streamlined, simple, one-knob vocal saturation

Audified has released its new audio effect VocalMint Saturator, an easy-to-use single knob vocal saturator with powerful processing hidden under the hood. Most one-knobs do one thing and one thing only: they linearly mix in a certain effect to your track. However, VocalMint runs the track through its virtual signal chain and tunes multiple parameters […]

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Native Instruments releases 3 Massive X Expansions + Special offer launched

Native Instruments has announced the release of three expansions for its Massive X flagship software synthesizer. Rush, Pulse, and Scene each contains 150 presets for the synth tailored toward a certain sound, created by expert sound designers who were involved in the development of Massive X and the creation of its factory library. Made for […]

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Audentity Records releases Boom Bap Hip Hop 4 sample pack

Audentity Records has introduced its latest sample pack Boom Bap Hip Hop 4, a collection of over 200 loops and one-shots. Boom Bap Hip Hop 4 includes atmospheres, brass, fx, synth, guitar, keys, drums & percussion, strings, bass, and more. Our team spent weeks in the studio to bring you one of our best Boom […]

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Resonate Sound Design releases Cyber soundset for Xfer Serum

Resonate Sound Design has announced the release of a new preset expansion pack for the popular Serum wavetable synthesizer by Xfer Records. Cyber delivers over 120 fresh presets. If you create trailer, cyberpunk, dark synthwave, darkwave or similar genre music, then this is the preset pack for you…not that you can’t use these for a […]

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Freaky Loops delivers fresh and inspirational sounds with Hip Hop Paradise

Freaky Loops has released a new sample pack titled Hip Hop Paradise, a collection of loops and samples for new and old-skool Hip Hop productions. Contains a variety of fresh and inspirational sounds; from wonky drums to hiphop melodies, smokey basses to shimmering instruments sounds, punchy snares to inspirational combi files, percussions, vox, fx and […]

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LFO Store releases 50 Analog & Ambient Sounds for Korg M1

LFO Store has announced the release of 50 Analog & Ambient Sounds, a collection of patches for the iconic Korg M1 synthesizer and music workstation from the 90s. It sounds fantastic but many of the sounds was overused in years & we didn’t find any modern recreations around the globe. So we made a challenge […]

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GBR Loops offers free Indian Real Electric Bass for Kontakt

GBR Loops has announced the release of Indian Electric Bass, a free virtual electric bass instrument for Native Instruments Kontakt. It is for those who create Indian modern romantic & sad songs. Indian Electric Bass gives you a completely natural feel of the electric bass. In Kontakt it is completely devoid of any kind of […]

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